In the next few blogs, I will attempt to document my experience, my thoughts and views of Raja Yoga meditation.
raja means king/highest ; yoga means connection ; meditation (from Latin : mederi) means to heal
What
Therefore, raja yoga meditation can be defined as the highest connection to our own mind providing it the right exercise and diet to restore its balance. It is a kind of mind training, a method of exploration of truth.
Benefits
Meditation is said to have physical, mental and spiritual benefits.
I am very tempted to write a mini literature review for this section ...hahaha...for now to keep your attention, I will leave it summarised :-)
Why the interest?
It attracted my attention because firstly its an approach to spiritual awakening and development rather than a religious approach. Religion is a man made, a culture based doctrine that guides it's people in the practice of spirituality. Spirituality acknowledges that there is some Higher Power out there and that is omniscient and omnipresent and can be felt as a living presence in our own heart.
As I understand this method more, this competency is encompassing the competency of Personal and Professional Mastery (what we see in self help books). This is not suprising (now that I think of it) that spirituality is in the core.
You may ask..so how does it work? Well, I am finding that it's intellectually liberating, physically calming and emotionally balance...but lots of knowledge to be learned.....tbc